List of 1888–89 New Zealand Native football team matches

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The New Zealand Natives before their match against Queensland in July 1889, in front of the United Tribes flag and the Union Jack 1888-1889 Natives Tour.jpg
The New Zealand Natives before their match against Queensland in July 1889, in front of the United Tribes flag and the Union Jack

The 1888–89 New Zealand Native football team played 107 rugby union matches during their 14-month tour of the British Isles, Australia, and New Zealand. The tour was the longest in rugby history, and the first by a New Zealand team to Europe. [1] [2] The team was privately organised by Joe Warbrick, [lower-alpha 1] and was originally intended to contain only Māori players. Several non-Māori and a number of non-New Zealand-born players were eventually recruited to strengthen the side. [4] Of their rugby matches, they won 78, lost 23, and drew 6. [1] The team played three internationals: a heavy loss to England, a win over Ireland, and a narrow loss to Wales. [5]

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The initial leg of the Native team's journey was a tour of New Zealand, and their first match was a 5–0 victory over Hawke's Bay. [6] The team departed from New Zealand having won seven of their nine matches, but their losses included a heavy defeat to Auckland. [7] [8] After stopping in Melbourne on their way to London, they played their first match in England against Surrey on 3 October 1888. [9] The team played 74 matches in the British Isles—with 36 of these in their first three months. [10] Only one match was played in Scotland, against Hawick RFC, and three in Ireland. [1] The intense itinerary of matches continued during the second half of their British Isles leg; this contributed to a high injury rate, and the team struggled to field a full side during much of this time. [11] Despite the injury toll, they won 14 of their last 20 matches in England. [12] While in the British Isles the Natives averaged a game every 2.3 days. [13]

Following their departure from Plymouth in March 1889, the Natives travelled to Melbourne, Australia. [14] There the team played eight Australian rules football (then known as Victorian rules) matches [15] and two rugby games. The team continued their journey to New South Wales and Queensland, where they played mostly rugby. This included playing each state side twice, as well as at least two association football matches. The final leg of the team's trip was another tour of New Zealand—this saw them lose only once, to Auckland in their final game. [16]

Matches played

Notes on scoring:

Notes on matches:

Notes on opposition:

Summary

The New Zealand Native football team prior to playing Middlesex at Sheffield Park in October 1888 StateLibQld 1 188931 New Zealand native Rugby Union team, prior to a match at Lord Sheffield's Park in 1888.jpg
The New Zealand Native football team prior to playing Middlesex at Sheffield Park in October 1888
Rugby matches
Played inMatchesWonLostDrawnPoints forPoints against
Britain and Ireland7449205394188
New Zealand17143011951
Australia16150124066
Total10778236753305
Victorian Rules matches
MatchesWonLostDrawnGoalsBehinds
113803655


New Zealand and Victoria

DateOpponentsVenueForAgainst
23 June 1888 Hawke's Bay Napier 50
30 June 1888 Hawke's Bay Napier 110
7 July 1888 Auckland Auckland 09
11 July 1888 Nelson Nelson 90
14 July 1888 Wellington Wellington 30
21 July 1888 Canterbury Christchurch 54
24 July 1888 South Canterbury Timaru 90
28 July 1888 Otago Dunedin 08
31 July 1888 Otago Dunedin 10
11 August 1888 Melbourne Melbourne 30
15 August 1888 Melbourne Melbourne 11
Total4722

Source: "Matches played—New Zealand Natives' rugby tour, 1888/89". nzhistory.net.nz. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2013.

British Isles

DateOpponentsVenueForAgainst
3 October 1888 Surrey Richmond 41
6 October 1888Northamptonshire Northampton 120
10 October 1888Kent Blackheath 41
13 October 1888 Moseley Moseley 46
18 October 1888Burton-on-Trent Burton-on-Trent 34
20 October 1888Midland Counties Birmingham 100
22 October 1888 Middlesex Fletching [lower-alpha 3] 09
24 October 1888 Hull Hull 01
27 October 1888 Dewsbury Dewsbury 60
31 October 1888 Wakefield Trinity Wakefield 01
3 November 1888Northumberland County Newcastle 33
5 November 1888Stockton-on-Tees Stockton 61
7 November 1888 Tynemouth North Shields 71
10 November 1888 Halifax Free Wanderers Halifax 413
12 November 1888Newcastle and District Newcastle 140
14 November 1888 Hartlepool Rovers Hartlepool 10
17 November 1888Cumberland County Maryport 102
20 November 1888Carlisle Carlisle 130
22 November 1888 Hawick Hawick 31
23 November 1888East Cumberland Carlisle 120
24 November 1888Westmorland County Kendal 31
26 November 1888 Swinton Swinton 02
28 November 1888 Liverpool and District Liverpool 90
1 December 1888 Ireland Dublin 134
3 December 1888 Trinity College Dublin 44
5 December 1888 North of Ireland Belfast 20
8 December 1888 Lancashire County Manchester 01
10 December 1888 Batley Batley 55
12 December 1888Yorkshire County Manningham 106
15 December 1888 Broughton Rangers Broughton 80
17 December 1888 Wigan Wigan 51
19 December 1888 Llanelli Llanelli 03
22 December 1888 Wales Swansea 05
24 December 1888 Swansea Swansea 50
26 December 1888 Newport Newport 30
29 December 1888 Cardiff Cardiff 14
1 January 1889 Bradford Bradford 14
3 January 1889 Leeds Parish Church Leeds 63
5 January 1889Kirkstall Kirkstall 73
7 January 1889 Brighouse Rangers Brighouse 40
9 January 1889 Huddersfield Huddersfield 76
12 January 1889 Stockport Stockport 33
14 January 1889 Castleford Castleford 39
17 January 1889 Warrington Warrington 71
19 January 1889Yorkshire County Wakefield 416
23 January 1889Spen Valley District Cleckheaton 87
26 January 1889Somersetshire County Wellington 174
30 January 1889Devonshire County Exeter 120
31 January 1889 Taunton Taunton 80
2 February 1889 Gloucestershire County Gloucester 41
4 February 1889Midland Counties Moseley 61
6 February 1889 Blackheath Rovers Blackheath 93
9 February 1889 United Services Portsmouth 100
16 February 1889 England Blackheath 07
18 February 1889 London Welsh Richmond 21
19 February 1889 Cambridge University Cambridge 37
21 February 1889 Oxford University Oxford 06
23 February 1889 Manningham Manningham 40
25 February 1889 St. John's, Leeds Leeds 90
27 February 1889 Leigh Leigh 14
2 March 1889 Runcorn Runcorn 83
4 March 1889 Oldham Oldham 06
5 March 1889 Halifax Free Wanderers Halifax 60
7 March 1889 Barrow and District Barrow 03
9 March 1889 Widnes Widnes 81
11 March 1889 Manchester Manchester 71
13 March 1889Walkden Walkden 61
14 March 1889 St. Helens St. Helens 90
16 March 1889 Salford Salford 71
18 March 1889 Rochdale Hornets Rochdale 100
20 March 1889 York York 43
23 March 1889 Hull Hull 11
25 March 1889 Widnes Widnes 61
27 March 1889Southern Counties Leyton 31
Total394188

Source: ( Ryan 1993 , p. 143)

Australia

DateOpponentsVenueForAgainstRef
24 May 1889 Melbourne Melbourne 146
31 May 1889Navy Team XVIII Melbourne 136
11 June 1889 Victoria Melbourne 190
15 June 1889 New South Wales Sydney 129 [21] [22] [23]
17 June 1889 University of Sydney Sydney 177 [24] [25]
19 June 1889Parramatta Club and King's School XVIII Parramatta 210 [26]
22 June 1889 New South Wales Sydney 1612 [27] [28]
25 June 1889Arfoma Sydney 273 [29] [30] [31]
27 June 1889Permanent Artillery XVIII Sydney 3210 [32]
13 July 1889 Queensland Brisbane 220 [33] [34]
16 July 1889Toowoomba XVI Toowoomba 160 [35] [36]
18 July 1889Ipswich Ipswich 175 [37] [38]
20 July 1889 Queensland Brisbane 117 [39] [40]
22 July 1889Toowoomba XVI Toowoomba 190 [41]
Total23665

Source: "Matches played – New Zealand Natives' rugby tour, 1888/89". nzhistory.net.nz. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2013.

New Zealand

DateOpponentsVenueForAgainst
7 August 1889 Southland Invercargill 51
8 August 1889Mataura District XVI Gore 163
10 August 1889 Otago Dunedin 118
15 August 1889 Hawke's Bay Christchurch 132
17 August 1889 Canterbury Christchurch 150
19 August 1889 Wairarapa Masterton 108
20 August 1889 Wellington Wellington 41
24 August 1889 Auckland Auckland 27
Total7630

Source: "Matches played—New Zealand Natives' rugby tour, 1888/89". nzhistory.net.nz. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2013.

Victorian Rules in Australia

DateOpponentsVenueForAgainstRef
15 May 1889 Maryborough Maryborough 8 (1/2)45 (6/9)
18 May 1889 Ballarat Ballarat 4 (0/4)26 (4/2)
25 May 1889 Carlton Melbourne 16 (2/4)94 (13/16)
28 May 1889Wanderers Melbourne 71 (10/11)15 (2/3)
30 May 1889 South Melbourne Melbourne 40 (6/4)37 (4/13)
1 June 1889 St Kilda Melbourne 12 (1/6)43 (6/7)
6 June 1889 Daylesford Daylesford 16 (2/4)11 (1/5)
8 June 1889 Essendon Melbourne 35 (5/5)80 (11/14)
29 June 1889 New South Wales Sydney 29 (4/5)34 (4/10) [42] [43]
5 July 1889Northumberland Maitland, New South Wales 22 (3/4)43 (6/7) [44]
6 July 1889 Northern District Newcastle 18 (2/6)42 (6/6) [45]
Total271 (36/55)470 (63/92)

Source: "Matches played—New Zealand Natives' rugby tour, 1888/89". nzhistory.net.nz. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2013.

Association football in Australia

DateOpponentsVenueForAgainst
Total

Source: "Matches played – New Zealand Natives' rugby tour, 1888/89". nzhistory.net.nz. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2013.

Notes

  1. ↑ The tour was not organised under the authority of any provincial or national unions such as the Rugby Football Union. [3]
  2. ↑ The Northern Union was the predecessor of the Rugby Football League.
  3. ↑ This match was played at Sheffield Park. [20]

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